This "quick tutorial" introduces the general idea of a call and explains the most common cases. It does not explain or illustrate all cases. For additional details and/or examples, refer to the links in the "MORE INFO" box.

The call Single Circle to a Wave starts with two dancers directly facing each other. Those dancers join hands to form a small "circle", consisting of just the two of them. They turn that circle left (clockwise as viewed from above) halfway (180 degrees) until they are each facing the opposite direction from when they started. At that point they break the circle and step ahead, joining right hands to form a mini-wave.

Although this call is defined so it can be done by just two dancers, in most cases there will be other dancers doing the same thing at the same time, and the result will be some kind of longer wave.

In particular, if the dancers start as facing couples, they will end in an ordinary four-person wave.

If the dancers start as facing lines of four, they will end in an eight-person tidal wave.